“As for God, His way is perfect: the Lord’s word is flawless; He shields all who take refuge in Him.” Psalm 18:30

Way back in October I had asked what Katie wanted for Christmas. And it didn’t take her long to answer. She wanted the 20 year old carpet out of our bedroom and replaced with a new laminate floor. Having purchased the flooring before Thanksgiving, all that remained was the installation.

I am a whiner sometimes! And by now everyone in the church has learned about this project and are as sick of hearing about it as I am telling it. But since I write about daily experiences and how to apply the Bible to everyday situations, this 10 day project gave me lots of resources.

I am not new to the honey-do, and being around the block several times has taught me a few things… the HARD way. Which, not surprisingly, is how I have learned MOST things in life. Once, having had to buy a whole new bundle of shingles for a roofing project, and then a whole box of flooring the last time I cut something wrong, the most important lesson I learned was… ‘to end well, one must START well!’ And THIS job required finding the center of the room for ‘squaring.’

I am NOT a mathematician, fractions and geometry are my worst subjects. So it wasn’t surprising to get frustrated after 5 hours of planning, checking, measuring and re-checking before even 1 piece of material was laid on the floor! But once I got started, the goal was to keep to the original guidelines! Much like the goal of my Christian Life!

Christianity is a very precise and exacting relationship where there is no waffling or guessing involved. God and His Word are VERY precise and clear. HIS way is the RIGHT way… and the best chance for me to succeed in MY life is to follow HIM! It sounds like it should be pretty easy… right???

The Apostle Paul said it best in Romans 7, “Why do I do the things that I do?” In this project I felt his pain, as pushing here made it crooked there. Ignoring the line tripled work time as I had to tear out the mess and start over…AGAIN! But Christmas is over and it’s Monday! And though I feel bad at feeling bad, I distinctly hear Him calling to me in today’s verse as I start a new year over… AGAIN!       So how square are YOU?